Please submit up to 15 singles and a 10-picture story/sequence for your shot at the $1000 grand prize.

The rules are based off the Boston Press Photographers Association College Contest, entry form can be downloaded here.

Eligibility

All entries must have been taken by a college student currently enrolled at Boston University.

Photographs must have been taken between 1/1/10 thru 12/13/10.

Photographs manipulated electronically or otherwise to alter content are not allowed, and images deemed excessively manipulated beyond professional photojournalism parameters will be disqualified.

Categories

1. News – Picture of an unscheduled or scheduled event.

2. Feature – A situation with strong human interest.

3. Sports Picture – showing participation in a game or athletic event.

4. Portrait – A strong photograph of a person, famous or not.

5. Picture Story- a series of connected photographs that tell a story.

Prepare your files according to the specs in the earlier Weekly Clip Contest post below and either upload your images to the file share in the labs or email a .zip archive to dominick.reuter[at]gmail.com.

Now, Get It Done.

]]>http://blogs.bu.edu/photo/2010/12/13/final-portfolio-contest/feed/1Round 3http://blogs.bu.edu/photo/2010/11/08/round-3/
http://blogs.bu.edu/photo/2010/11/08/round-3/#commentsMon, 08 Nov 2010 15:58:22 +0000http://blogs.bu.edu/photo/?p=66With all due apologies for the delay, here are last week’s winners of the clip contest.

Seeing as how lab business sometimes makes it tough to honor the original idea of Thursday winner announcements, the schedule has been amended to lump everything into Monday. So stay tuned as you submit photos for each week’s deadline.

This week there was just one general “Singles” category, where Rachel Offerdahl took first place and Lathan Goumas was runner up. Rachel made the trek to restore sanity with a quarter-million other people and Jon Stewart on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Lathan continued his political coverage in anticipation of the elections last Tuesday in which incumbent Democrat Deval Patrick returned to the Governor’s seat.

In the “Stories/Sequence” category, Amy Donnelly won with her focus on an Iraq War veteran returning to college and ROTC. The judge commented positively on her “solid photos and informative captions (!!!).”

Runner up was Matt Wright, who followed a dual-high school girls rowing team from normally rival towns, Arlington and Belmont, as they competed in the Head of the Charles Regatta.

The leader board remains unchanged from last week, but the race is heating up:

Lathan Goumas

Matt Wright

Rachel Larue

Amy Donnelly

Rachel Offerdahl

]]>http://blogs.bu.edu/photo/2010/11/08/round-3/feed/0Weekly Clip Contest Round 2http://blogs.bu.edu/photo/2010/11/01/weekly-clip-contest-round-2/
http://blogs.bu.edu/photo/2010/11/01/weekly-clip-contest-round-2/#commentsMon, 01 Nov 2010 15:40:03 +0000http://blogs.bu.edu/photo/?p=57The results are in and it’s good to see the momentum growing behind this contest.

Here’s the roundup…

Rachel Larue swept news with her images from Obama’s visit to Boston:

And she even nabbed the first place for feature picture:

Lathan Goumas submitted a dramatic image from the Head of the Charles Regatta:

Matt Wright picked up the first place for stories with his package on Roller Derby:

And Amy Donnelly placed second by following a couple on a Diamond Dash race to win a wedding ring in Boston:

Tune in Thursday when the images that are coming in right about now will be judged.

Here are the top five leaders:

Lathan Goumas

Matt Wright

Rachel Larue

Amy Donnelly

Rachel Offerdahl

]]>http://blogs.bu.edu/photo/2010/11/01/weekly-clip-contest-round-2/feed/0Clip Contest – First Winnershttp://blogs.bu.edu/photo/2010/10/21/clip-contest-first-winners/
http://blogs.bu.edu/photo/2010/10/21/clip-contest-first-winners/#commentsThu, 21 Oct 2010 18:30:27 +0000http://blogs.bu.edu/photo/?p=53Congratulations to Lathan Goumas and Matt Wright, grad students who swept each of the story and singles categories, respectively.

Lathan’s story about Richard Troise showed us a man who derives joy from flying kites over the Boston Common, and his coverage of the Obama visit looked at more than simply the POTUS.

Matt’s pictures from a Roller Derby competition and a ROTC training showed his willingness to get in close with his subjects.

Special thanks to Meghan Kemp, Rachel Offerdahl and Hilary Wartinger for participating, and keep it up.

Here’s the top five leaderboard as of today:

Lathan Goumas

Matt Wright

Meghan Kemp

Rachel Offerdahl

Hilary Wartinger

For those of you who haven’t heard what is on the line, at the end of the semester the overall winner in points will win $1000, with $500 going to the runner up and $250 going to third place. The next deadline is Monday, so get your pictures ready.

]]>http://blogs.bu.edu/photo/2010/10/21/clip-contest-first-winners/feed/0Roll it on overhttp://blogs.bu.edu/photo/2010/10/04/roll-it-on-over/
http://blogs.bu.edu/photo/2010/10/04/roll-it-on-over/#commentsMon, 04 Oct 2010 19:11:53 +0000http://blogs.bu.edu/photo/?p=50At the determination of this weeks judge, the contest entries and points from this week will be rolled over into next weeks competition to determine a first place winner and runner up.

Due to the class holiday, please make sure to get your pictures in by noon on Tuesday, October 12.

]]>http://blogs.bu.edu/photo/2010/10/04/roll-it-on-over/feed/0Announcing the BU Photo Weekly Contesthttp://blogs.bu.edu/photo/2010/09/28/announcing-the-bu-photo-weekly-contest/
http://blogs.bu.edu/photo/2010/09/28/announcing-the-bu-photo-weekly-contest/#commentsTue, 28 Sep 2010 15:39:02 +0000http://blogs.bu.edu/photo/?p=45The BU Photojournalism program will be holding a series of weekly student photo clip contests. The categories include: best photo story/sequence, best single news photo and best single feature photo. Students can submit up to one five-picture photo story and up to five combined single news and feature photos.

This points-based weekly contest will conclude with a final portfolio submission at the end of the semester, which can help contestants earn points towards their final score.

The student who accumulates the most points at the end of the semester wins a prize that will be announced soon. Trust us… it will be good!

SUBMISSION

The weekly deadline for submissions is Monday by 12pm. No late submissions will be accepted.

Photos are to be submitted to the dropbox located on the BU Photo file-share to the corresponding folders.

FILE NAMES

File names must be formatted in the following manner:

(LastnameFirstname)(Deadline Date)(Category)(Sequence#)

Example File Names:

– Five Picture Photo Story (S)

ReuterDominick0924S1

ReuterDominick0924S2

ReuterDominick0924S3

ReuterDominick0924S4

ReuterDominick0924S5

– Single News Photo (N)

ReuterDominick0924N1

– Single Feature Photo (F)

ReuterDominick0924F1

Contestants can enter ONE, five picture photo story. Contestants can also submit up to five photos for single news and single feature story categories combined. Sports pictures should be divided between news and feature categories, as appropriate. No entry can exceed ten pictures total.

FILE SIZE

Each photo must be submitted as a jpg at a minimum of 3000x2000px.

An UNEDITED version of each image submitted must be made available on request.

CAPTIONS

Photos must contain an embedded caption containing a caption and copyright notice. Photos submitted without a caption will not be accepted.

Captions MUST include the following:

– Date the photo was taken

– Location of the photo

– Name of the photographer, college and year of graduation

Example: September 20, 2010 – Boston, MA – Boston University photojournalism student Matt Wright edits photos in the photojournalism lab of the College of Communication, located at 640 Commonwealth Avenue. (Photo by Dominick Reuter, COM 2011)

JUDGING

Any student that has completed a photojournalism class may submit.

Entrants receive one point per picture submitted to the contest.

Ten points will be awarded to the winner of each category every week.

Five points will be awarded to the runner-up of each category every week.

BU Photojournalism faculty members will judge the entries on a rotating basis.

Weekly winners and images will be posted by the following Monday at noon.

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http://blogs.bu.edu/photo/2009/11/03/student-websites/#commentsTue, 03 Nov 2009 21:18:21 +0000http://blogs.bu.edu/photo/?p=35Over the last couple of weeks, there has been a lot of internet activity in the Photo Labs.

All-Stars like Brooks Canaday, Kate Samp, and Max Esposito have launched slick-looking photo websites powered by WordPress. Check them out and make sure to give them your feedback.

Plus, there are more sites from more students in the works. We’ll keep you posted when they go live.

Until then, great work, Brooks, Kate and Max.

[ed. – and Kristyn!]

]]>http://blogs.bu.edu/photo/2009/11/03/student-websites/feed/2Printing Tipshttp://blogs.bu.edu/photo/2009/04/09/printing-tips/
http://blogs.bu.edu/photo/2009/04/09/printing-tips/#commentsThu, 09 Apr 2009 16:31:53 +0000http://blogs.bu.edu/photo/?p=14Okay, so there’s a lot of confusion about printing lately, so here’s a quick list of things to look out for:

First: In Photoshop CS2, choose File->Print With Preview. In CS3, just pick File->Print.

Second: The dialogue boxes for CS2 and CS3 are different, but the important stuff is still there. Make sure you choose the right printer here.

Third: Click on ‘Page Setup…” and select the right printer and paper size and orientation.

Fourth: If there is an option to ‘Match Print Colors’ uncheck the box.

Fifth: There is a selector box that says either “Color Management” or “Output”. Click on it and choose “Color Management”

Choose “Document”

Color Handling: Photoshop Manages Colors

Printer Profile: will be a combination of the printer code and the paper finish, e.g. SPR2400 Premium Luster, or SPR1800 PremiumGlossy. Pick the one that matches your printer and paper.

Rendering Intent: There are four options. The selected option will have a description appear below when you mouse over the option bar. Read the description and choose the best fit for you.

Double check to make sure the “Match Print Colors” option is unchecked.

Sixth: Hit “Print…” This will take you our of Photoshop and into the particular printer control panel.

Seventh: For your printer, select the appropriate model. DO NOT SEND PRINTS TO COMPHOTOBROTHER. Also, click on the triangle to the right to expand the print options.

Eighth: On the option bar that says “Layout” click and select “Print Settings”

Page Setup: Standard

Media Type: Set for your paper, e.g. glossy, luster, etc.

Color: Color

Color Settings: OFF (No Color Adjustment) <– If this is on, the printer fights with Photoshop and gives unpredictable results.

Mode: Advanced

Print Quality: Photo or Best Photo — you choose.

Uncheck High Speed

Ninth: You can save the setup in the “Presets” option bar, so you don’t have to go through this dance every time you make a print. I recommend giving an intuitive name like 2400 Luster.

Tenth: Hit Print.

Other notes:

Apple monitors are very bright, which can make you perceive your pictures inaccurately. Dim the monitor to half brightness with the buttons on the side of it to get a better sense of what the print will look like.

If the colors are spotty or there are weird lines, use the printer utility to run a couple checks: HD->Applications->Epson Print Utility 3.

Alright, good luck. And as always, if you run into any problems, email photo[at]bu[dot]edu.

Our judges this year were Faith Ninivaggi of the Boston Herald, Bill Greene of the Boston Globe and Bill Sikes of the Associated Press. They shared their comments on the first place winner’s images in each category.

COMMENTS

NEWS – Nicholas Welles “Hope” – Well composed, good emotion and use of available light. “You can feel what she is feeling”

FEATURE – Ying Shi “Blue” – Great layering, it really draws you in. Simple and interesting at the same time